In Search of My Body - Not the One I Ate, VOL 8...It's Never Too Late To Start Again!

[3DisneyKids]

well, we will be chasing them with booze after the race, lol.

word!

 

[disneylovin24]

Hi all

So today I had a great breakfast that I think was fairly healthy! 2 waffles with a tablespoon of peanut butter and a banana It ended up being around 400 calories and was soo good, a great way to start my day today

The last few days I've been walking outside because the weather finally got nice. But today I couldn't get outside before it got dark so I had to do a work out DVD. It was some 30 minutes of walking, it really got my heartbeat up and it equalled 2 miles walking (which is my average)

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Well, we will be chasing them with booze after the race, lol.

I was thinking more along the lines of "hip flask" but we'll go with "after the race" instead.

So today I had a great breakfast that I think was fairly healthy! 2 waffles with a tablespoon of peanut butter and a banana It ended up being around 400 calories and was soo good, a great way to start my day today

The last few days I've been walking outside because the weather finally got nice. But today I couldn't get outside before it got dark so I had to do a work out DVD. It was some 30 minutes of walking, it really got my heartbeat up and it equalled 2 miles walking (which is my average)

Sounds like a pretty good day all around!


I did accomplish my goals for today; even the "no sampling at Costco" , thus earning me another glittery sticker (yes, I understand that I'm acting like I'm 6. Leave me alone. It works for me )

Tomorrow, well, that's going to be a trick. I have a jam packed day, including lunch and dinner out. So, I'm giving myself permission to enjoy responsibly. I will write down what it is I ate, but it's not likely that I'll attempt to figure the WW points, etc. just the bare minimum facts so that I can see it in front of me.

I'll also drink my water, and get my workout in. And there was another one that I wanted to add for tomorrow, but for the life of me I can't think of it right now. Eh. I'll post it when I remember it.

Have a great night all! Sleepy time for me!

 

[adsrtw]

I really wish we had a Costco and a Whole Foods or similar. Such a po-dunk town. Spent the afternoon shopping with my manager and co-super at work. We are getting a 51 inch flat screen and lots of cork boards to spruce up the place. The flat screen is going to be mounted to do slide shows on how we are doing and industry forecasts.

 

[adsrtw]

Goals for today - get in a 7 miler, make myself stay hydrated (weak point for me), calories in the 1100-1200 range, get my feet sized. Good night!

 

[3DisneyKids]

EE--good luck on the 7 miles! Report back! You are totally on schedule!

Liz and Kat--can't wait to hear about your long walk/runs! Try for 6, but if you can only get in 5, that's ok. And if you feel good enough to go for 7--awesome! LOVE the intervals Nancy posted. Those will be great for increasing your speed.

*I'm not an expert either. Just speaking from my own experience and research I have done.

Not sure if I posted my goals for today or not, but they are basically the same as always:

--Water
--Track
--Cross train

It is going to be tough getting my workouts in today, tomorrow, and Monday. 3-day week-end for the kids and Jeff is in Asia, so I am going to have to get creative.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

EE - great goals! I'm looking forward to the foot report!

Erika - good luck with the creative workouts!

I got mine in. I chose a non-impact today. I ellipticalled then biked (stationary, but not a spin bike. Hate that sucker.) Today would actually be a glorious day to bike outside here. It's sunny, mid 40's. However, my schedule wouldn't allow for anything other than a first-thing this morning workout. Ah well. Maybe we'll have another fabulous day soon.

When I was at the gym today I ran into one of the trainers/instructors from my old gym. It was great to catch up with her. We were talking about the Princess 1/2 (she was one of the woman that trained/ran the Mickey with me) and she said something about a run in Central Park in March. I'm going to have to look that up now.

 

[amykab]

Quick check in...

Long run done. 6 ish miles. Ran without my garmin, so I will have to check map my run. It went really well though.

Long weekend for me. Work was insane most of the week so I am ready for it. I'll probably run again on Monday.

I'll check back in later to see how everyones long runs went!

 

[HockeyKat]

Okay, I went off the grid last night for a while... just needed some no computer time.

Goals for yesterday, mostly done.
Calories, check
Exercise, done, but not what I wanted. Did 20 min on treadmill and 15 on elliptical, then 60 crunches on the ball.
My lunchtime partner bailed and I forgot my mp3 player, and I just couldn't stand another min on the treadmill so I bailed to my friend, the elliptical.
Water, 64+
Breakfast, check.


Goals for today:
Calories, within 1200
Exercise, 6 mile walk/run
Water, 80+


It will be 6 miles whether I like or not, as we are going to do a loop that is 3.06 miles, and going to do it twice around. I will have an experienced runner with me so that will help from both form/interval type stuff, and from making it less boring.

She is my kickboxing instructor from my old gym... responded on my FB the other day and I am really happy to reconnect with her.

 

[adsrtw]

Got 7 in. Will report when I get back to my computer.

 

[3DisneyKids]

LOVE hearing about everyone's long walks/runs for the week! So proud of everyone!

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Im here..lurking and reading but im here!

 

[adsrtw]

Alrighty! I am back.

7 miler synopsis:

I learned that I definitely need better shoes! My feet are killing me just below my toes, but I am fine everywhere else. I did take a few Advil to prevent any aches and pains. I could also feel my feet sliding a bit when I jogged. I did jog for a minute each mile. I was tired at the finish, but not exhausted. Had my bladder been empty and my feet weren't hurting, I could have gone longer. I was also bored. I came in at just under 2 hours. I slowed down when my mom called me (6 times in a 2 hour period). Seriously ladies, I hate being an only child sometimes. I noticed that I sped up on the declines (chalking that up to gravity).

I'm heading out to get my feet measured. I found a store that could help. This one isn't a running specialty store, but a foot comfort store in general. The running store doesn't carry a range of sizes and my order could take about 7 weeks. What?!? The other store says they order local athletes all the time and they have an awesome return policy. I can test drive them for a week and they will take care of returning them for me to the manufacturer. I can't believe I didn't remember this store because I used to get shoes there as a kid. Keep your fingers crossed!

 

[adsrtw]

Uh oh Kelly, are you ok?

 

[poppinspal]

I'm jealous of all of you who have long weekends. The day care I work at is having a professional day so no children but I get to sit in a class on toys for 8 hours. Not as fun as you might think!

I'm coming off a horrible head cold but had one of my best runs this morning. I just felt good about each step I took and the time seemed to fly by. It was a good run to remind me why I do this.

Though it's mid-day my goals for today.
-run
-stay on track with calories
-don't drink too much tonight(going to a hockey game)

So I'm wondering if you ladies have any good suggestions for watches to wear while you run. I don't want something insanely expensive but I don't want a $5 watch that falls apart after one run! Any good suggestions?

 

[HockeyKat]

Goals:
Exercise -- Long run/walk, done. More of a walk than a run, but we did a rather hilly trail, 6.2 miles in 1 hour, 40 min. Feet feel pretty good, leg muscles are a bit sore. Tomorrow is a rest day!!
Calories -- Only at about 300 for the day, time to eat more
Water -- 64 oz so far


Kelly, hope you feel better soon.

EE, hope you had good luck at the shoe store!!

 

[adsrtw]

I had great luck! I can't believe that I didn't remember this store. They were celebrating their 100 year anniversary and they are just awesome (this was the only place that my grandma could get shoes - very very bad toes). The guy who helped me was great and he was hosting a high school student. I didn't get the entire story, but she is the daughter of one of his co-workers and is working on a project for school. Really, I got a two for one in the customer service area, lol. They found out that I have a huge hot spot on my right foot and most of my weight is carried through my heels. They only carry NB running shoes, but will order any thing. I found a super light shoe that felt fantastic. The pair I tried on was a little too snug in the toes, but the higher size was fine (I had to try a different model because it was out of stock). It will be here within 2 weeks.

 

[lisaviolet]

Stairs. How I love thee!

Watch it sunshine!

I've never had rainbow trout. Or hot cross buns. At least not that I can recall...

Utter blasphemy on the rainbow trout. Blasphemy.

Hot cross buns - not so exciting - just a big childhood memory for both of us. Jean came here at ten and has strong memories of them too. I suspect they are English. Kelly? And I feel like singing so I also suspect they come with some kind of song or nursery rhyme. I should google.

Morning all. Hope your week is going well.

Despite being sick STILL since last Friday (whatever got a hold of me was nasty but think I'm on the mend now), I'm still in line for my goals this week, just have to get my exercise in....

Paid off a GIANT bill today, a hugely important one...the money I owed to my old apartments when I had to break the lease and leave. OMG feels so good to get that off of my shoulders!!! Just two more big bills now and then....well it'll be back down to 'normal-not-in-severe-debt' bills. Wahoo! We are going to put the applications in on the apartments this weekend. WAY excited.

Sorry to all for missing, I'll try to get on and catch up later.

Fantastic Cathie. What a wonderful feeling. Good for you!

Hope you're feeling better.

Zigzagzerr, Lisa Z
Age: 41
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 135ish
Personal Stats: DH, DD14
Transplant almost 20 years ago from L.A. to Baltimore
Favorite Park: MK
But I Love: Disneyland better than MK
Passions: healthy cooking, reading mystery novels, TV on DVD.
Important to know: I teach a very “dancy” aerobics class twice a week – and it’s what I would do all the time if I didn’t have to earn a living.
Weight loss plan and goals: Maintain, maybe a few more lbs down. Main goal is not to gain everything back.

I had a "woot" moment at my yearly gyn appointment on Monday this week. The doc comes in, is glancing through my chart, and says "I see you've lost 9 pounds since you were here last year." Yeah, baby!

Have a great day!

Lisa!

Good to see you.

Hi--I'm here. Everything went fine. They did a quick read of the results and nothing to worry about. Of course, they still sent the sample out to the lab for "official" results. Sore, but ok otherwise. Thanks, everyone!

Today's goals--totally met!

Tomorrow's goals:

--long run (at least 7 miles, but I really would like to do 8)
--water
--track
--bonus goal--leg workout after long run

Exhaling.

Size 6 jeans this morning. Word. Tight, but Word.

Size 6. Oh size six. Size six!

LOVE hearing about everyone's long walks/runs for the week! So proud of everyone!

Word.

I'm so thrilled for all of you.

Indian food in the house tonight. Um yum. Yum. Yum.

Im here..lurking and reading but im here!

Hi Kelly!

I've been doing Miranda (Classical Stretch) again because of you and I'm thoroughly enjoying.

Hi all

So today I had a great breakfast that I think was fairly healthy! 2 waffles with a tablespoon of peanut butter and a banana It ended up being around 400 calories and was soo good, a great way to start my day today

The last few days I've been walking outside because the weather finally got nice. But today I couldn't get outside before it got dark so I had to do a work out DVD. It was some 30 minutes of walking, it really got my heartbeat up and it equalled 2 miles walking (which is my average)

Hi!

I'm jealous of all of you who have long weekends. The day care I work at is having a professional day so no children but I get to sit in a class on toys for 8 hours. Not as fun as you might think!

I'm coming off a horrible head cold but had one of my best runs this morning. I just felt good about each step I took and the time seemed to fly by. It was a good run to remind me why I do this.

Though it's mid-day my goals for today.
-run
-stay on track with calories
-don't drink too much tonight(going to a hockey game)

So I'm wondering if you ladies have any good suggestions for watches to wear while you run. I don't want something insanely expensive but I don't want a $5 watch that falls apart after one run! Any good suggestions?

Hi Megan.

to all.

Football, football and let me see - football.

 

[adsrtw]

I am way under calories tonight because I'm meeting a friend for breakfast around 11:30. It's a fun tradition that we try to do once a month or so. Eggbeater omelet for me!!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Im here..lurking and reading but im here!

Oh no! still....oh what was that word....lurgy?

So I'm wondering if you ladies have any good suggestions for watches to wear while you run. I don't want something insanely expensive but I don't want a $5 watch that falls apart after one run! Any good suggestions?

I wear a polar F6 heart rate monitor. Tracks my time, heart rate, calories burned, % of calories from fat.

They only carry NB running shoes, but will order any thing. I found a super light shoe that felt fantastic. The pair I tried on was a little too snug in the toes, but the higher size was fine (I had to try a different model because it was out of stock). It will be here within 2 weeks.

Did you end up with NB or something else?

I am so pumped to hear about everyone's long runs today.

Status on my goals for today: epic fail Ok, so I did get my workout in, so I at least got 1, but definitely no glittery sticker for me today

Tomorrow is a rest day for me as far as exercise goes. Seth has to get back to school, but we haven't come to a final decision on who's making that drive yet. I guess we'd better figure that out soon.